Big Dig's $13.9m ducts go unused

Cellphone cables are covered by a metal tube in this area connecting the Ted Williams Tunnel and Interstate 90. In most of the tunnel system, cables are strung together and left unprotected.
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

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Big Dig engineers thought they were making a wise investment by spending millions of dollars building a series of hidden compartments that were meant to someday carry unsightly utility cables, like cellphone antennas, through the tunnels.(Full article: 913 words)